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Here is the press release that just went out from Kahnawake in relation to the whole UB/AP Scandal:
(MOHAWK TERRITORY OF KAHNAWAKE – September 29, 2008) Kahnawa:ke Gaming Commission (”KGC”) Chairman Dean Montour today announced the initial findings of the audit conducted on licensee Ultimate Bet, as well as the sanctions to be imposed.
According to KGC Chairman Montour, the Commission has reviewed the information provided to it over the past months from Frank Catania of Catania Gaming Consultants of New Jersey; Gaming Associates, an Australian game testing company; and the permit holder. Chairman Montour said, “The Commissioners have made several findings of fact with regard to the cheating that occurred on the Ultimate Bet web site that included the identification of some of the individuals responsible for these incidents as well other significant violations of the Kahnawa:ke Interactive Gaming Regulations.”
The Commission found clear and convincing evidence to support the conclusion that between the approximate dates of May 2004 to January 2008, Russell Hamilton, an individual associated with Ultimate Bet’s affiliate program, was the main person responsible for and benefiting from the multiple cheating incidents. Furthermore, the KGC is currently in contact with the appropriate law enforcement agencies and intends to fully cooperate in the prosecution of all individuals involved in the UB cheating incidents.
Mr. Catania states, “My intention is to provide further information as it is uncovered, although the information already submitted to the KGC relating to Ultimate Bet warrants the KGC taking the actions it has today. Any further evidence uncovered with regard to cheating, withholding or destroying records in our continuing investigation will be reported to the KGC and the proper agency for appropriate action.”
As a result of the KGC’s findings of fact, the Commission called a special meeting, at which time it was unanimously decided to impose the following sanctions against Ultimate Bet:
1. Ultimate Bet is directed that by November 3, 2008 it shall, under the close supervision of the KGC, its employees and agents, commence refunding all players accounts found to have been adversely affected by the cheating of individuals under the control and supervision of the licensee. It is estimated that Ultimate Bet has to date reimbursed $6.1 million USD to players’ accounts found to have been adversely impacted by the cheating activity
2. Ultimate Bet is directed that by November 3, 2008 it is to remove any and all persons deemed as “unsuitable” by the KGC from all involvement with the company, which shall include all levels of ownership, management and operation. Ultimate Bet during that time period until November 3, 2008 is required to continue to provide complete details of all day-to-day operations of the company. These shall include financial as well as daily gaming records to Frank Catania and or his assigns. It is anticipated that this action will provide full disclosure and prevent any further improprieties or wrongdoing from occurring while ensuring that the public is being offered fair and honest games and all player monies will be protected.
3. Ultimate Bet’s control system as defined in section 9 of the Kahnawa:ke Interactive Gaming Regulations has been modified to prevent any further incidents of cheating or related improprieties.
4. Ultimate Bet will not delete or modify any logs including but not limited to web logs and game logs as required by the Kahnawa:ke Interactive Gaming Regulations and will continue to have those logs immediately available for inspection by the KGC or its agents.
5. Ultimate Bet shall immediately pay a fine of $1.5 Million USD to the KGC for its failure to implement and enforce measures to prohibit and detect fraudulent activities.
6. Ultimate Bet’s failure to comply fully with these measures will result in the immediate revocation of its KGC gaming permit.
For more information, please contact:
Murray Marshall
Senior Advisor
Kahnawa:ke Gaming Commission
450-635-1076
murray.marshall@mck.ca
This is what I came up with when I went to search for an image of Fox Sports
After GSN refused to renew their contract with the WPT, the top brass at the World Poker Tour had to scramble to find a new home for their events to be televised. They did find a suitor some seven weeks after GSN bailed with Fox Sports. Fast forward to this week when GSN announced that they’re moving their broadcast of “High Stakes Poker” to Sunday nights airing at 7:00 PM EST.
Not to be outdone, Fox Sports has announced that they will broadcast their episodes of The World Poker Tour on Sunday nights at 8:00 PM EST. Pissing match? Yes. But the issue here is that unless you they have Tivo, poker playing fans of the shows will suffer. I understand that these are big companies and poker is big business but it’s pretty clear to most that this is a petty battle between the two networks.
The more interesting aspect of this will be who the ultimate winner is. With the WPT failing to get the ratings that their earlier seasons have garnered, the High Stakes Poker show on GSN may prove to be the bigger baler of the two. In truth, I’d rather watch known pros play with their own large bankrolls than watch some farmer who won his way to a main event at the WPT via a free roll on Poker Stars.
Your thoughts?
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In a stunning development today a clandestine operation by the US government to fund the historic bailout of companies AIG, Lehman, and several others was uncovered. As Congress waivers on whether to support and pass the near TRILLION dollar deal, it’s now being reported that the Bush administration is talking to PokerStars to help.
While Bush nor any of his officials had any comment, we were able to find a source at PokerStars willing to speak on the condition of anonymity. “Since the US government doesn’t know their ass from a hole in the ground, they’ve apparently sought help from companies that still have deep pockets nowadays. With several gazillion dollars in the bank, we were a natural fit for the profile. Unfortunately, since they still won’t let us enter the US market legally we have no interest in helping bail them out.”
It’ largely believed that US tax payers will foot the bill to the tune of approximately $10K per US household. Now if only we could lobby Congress to bail out individual poker players who lose money by gambling on long shots…Sound familiar AIG?
Today I found myself wondering what ever happened to the Ship it Holla Ballas website? I went to it and noticed it was down. I used to go there to read some of the blog stories as they were always pretty entertaining.
Though the guys acted like complete douchebags sometimes, the site was really cool and definitely inspiring for a lot of younger poker players. The blog posts were always entertaining and it was interesting to read about what kind of wildness they were up to next.
I found a post by Andrew “good2cu” Robl on 2+2 that pretty much summed up why the website was shut down:
“We started shipitholla.com around 3 years ago when I was around 18. Many of the stories on there were incrimating/embrassing and some of us including myself no longer wanted it up. We remain good friends and amazingly enough all of us are still professional poker players. You can find my new blog at AndrewRobl.com sadly I am not quite as balla anymore as I spend most of my time playing poker.”
Andrew has gone on to start his own blog, but it really lacks the entertainment of the old ship it holla blog. Most of the other guys are also still tearing it up online and have become some of the most well known online poker players. Ah well, for the memories, here is one of the pics from ShipitHolla.com… GG young ballas!
From Left to right: Raptor, Jman, Travestyfund, Good2cu, Deuce2High, Inyaface
After watching last nights episode, I finally get it. I have uncovered the secret for getting on ESPN. Make the final table, you say? Nope. Cross Phil Hellmuth the wrong way in a hand? Nope. Dress up as a pink bunny? That’s old news.
Based on our critical analysis of the show over the last few weeks, here’s a partial list of ways you can get on ESPN during the 2008 WSOP show:
- Chop off your arms
- Chop off your legs
- Go blind
- Get mangled in a car wreck and talk Moneymaker into backing you
- Come dressed as an old man
- Pull a Hannah Elisabeth
I know we promised 101 ways but you get the picture. I think next year I’m going to sponsor a team of refugees from Cambodia to play in the Main Event. The hard part will be keeping them away from the buffet during breaks in play…
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AIM is a popular chat client for zillions of people around the world, even Mars I think. Poker players however should steer clear of this application. The proof is in the pudding as posted by FieryJustice on 2+2:
Do you know this person? Report IM Spam
Jcardshark11 (1:10:12 PM): Hey
wtf (1:10:30 PM): hey
Jcardshark11 (1:10:36 PM): whats up
wtf (1:10:48 PM): nothing much doing some homework
Jcardshark11 (1:10:54 PM): you played any poker lately?
wtf (1:11:02 PM): yea
Jcardshark11 (1:11:31 PM): I need a huge favor not sure if you’d be interested or not
wtf (1:11:40 PM): ?
Jcardshark11 (1:11:54 PM): I will sell $1000 on PS or FTP for $600 cash
wtf (1:12:24 PM): why are you selling for so cheap
Jcardshark11 (1:12:43 PM): Because my friend got robbe
Jcardshark11 (1:12:45 PM): d
Jcardshark11 (1:12:48 PM): and I need to wire him the $
wtf (1:13:16 PM): so why not just withdraw
Jcardshark11 (1:13:25 PM): I need to get him the $ in the next hour
Jcardshark11 (1:13:32 PM): Thats why im giving so much
wtf (1:14:00 PM): hrmm
wtf (1:14:20 PM): it just sounds shady
Jcardshark11 (1:14:29 PM): Well not really
Jcardshark11 (1:14:36 PM): Im well known
Jcardshark11 (1:14:42 PM): Id never have shady with my name
wtf (1:15:35 PM): where are you now
Jcardshark11 (1:15:45 PM): London
wtf (1:16:23 PM): wait who is this
Jcardshark11 (1:16:37 PM): Jonathan Little
wtf (1:18:05 PM): il pass
In another case of “guy hacks other guys AIM then asks for money” thread, the bad guy is trying to get the unsuspecting victim to send them money for an emergency. This time the account used to perform the scam was owned by popular online player Jonathan Little (otherwise known as FieryJustice and Jcardshark11). I think in this one the guy claims his buddy got stabbed or robbed, maybe even both. Fortunately, the would be victim wises up and tells the guy to f-off.
Apparently it’s damn easy to hack an AIM account so the lesson kids is this, go get another damn chat program! I hear Microsoft is going to add a super poker version of their MSN software to the new Windows Poker Edition OS they just released!
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